TinkerTool

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TinkerTool
TinkerTool's Finder configuration pane.
Developer:	Marcel Bresink Software-Systeme
Latest release:	3.61 / 2005-09-12
OS:	Mac OS X
Use:	hidden preferences editor
License:	Freeware
Website:	http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html

TinkerTool is a utility for editing the hidden preferences of Mac OS X by Marcel Bresink. It allows one to edit features and functions hidden by Apple computer for various reasons. All of the changes made by TinkerTool are nondestructive and relatively harmless. Any "dangerous" changes were put into TinkerTool System. It was made into shareware to discourage casual editing of sensitive system settings.

[edit] Features

TinkerTool allows the user to edit the following:

• Finder
• The Dock
  • Access to "Pin" Feature from early OS X releases
  • "Suck in" Minimization effect
• General
  • Scroll arrows
  • Screenshot format
  • Sheet display speed
  • Dashboard: Enable/disable, developer mode
• Features in several built in applications
• Default font settings
• Font smoothing
• Default permissions
• Safari